English Explanatory Dictionary

pratītyasamutpāda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The principle that everything is interdependent, that all things arise in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions.
  2. The Twelve Nidānas.

Word forms

pratītyasamutpāda paticcasamuppāda

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद (pratītyasamutpāda, “dependent origination”), from प्रतीत्य (pratītya, “dependence”) + समुत्पाद (samutpāda, “arising”).

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